A Matter of Time: Warriors’ Gate

(24/01/1981)

DESCRIPTION: ‘Warriors’ Gate’ was the fifth story of Season 18 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: Tom Baker was particularly grumpy during the filming of this story due to his ongoing illness and the departure of Lalla Ward from the series.

A Matter of Time: The Highlanders

(24/12/1966)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Highlanders’ was the fourth story of Season 4 of Doctor Who, and starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

FACT: Although Elwyn Jones was commissioned to write the story, Story Editor Gerry Davis carried out the entire work for the scripts.

A Matter of Time: Nightmare of Eden

(24/11/1979)

DESCRIPTION: ‘Nightmare of Eden’ was the fourth story of Season 17 of Doctor Who, and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

FACT: When Della gets shot in the face in episode four, the actress Jennifer Lonsdale clutches her stomach instead.

A Matter of Time: Robert Sloman

(18/07/1926 – 24/10/2005)

DESCRIPTION: Robert Sloman was a writer of four Doctor Who stories during Jon Pertwee’s era, and wrote his final story ‘Planet of the Spiders’.

FACT: He co-wrote ‘The Daemons’ with Barry Letts, and together they came up with the famous line “Chap with the wings - five rounds rapid!”

A Matter of Time: Revenge of the Slitheen

(24/09/2007)

DESCRIPTION: ‘Revenge of the Slitheen’ was the second story of ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’, and stars Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith.

FACT: When Clyde is squirting a Slitheen he realises that that he has no more vinegar, however the previous shot shows a large amount still in the bottle.

A Matter of Time: The Dominators

(24/08/1968)

DESCRIPTION: ‘The Dominators’ was the first story of Season 6 of Doctor Who, and starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

FACT: In certain scenes, especially when the Quarks are recharging, the operators’ hands are visible using the Quark arms.